SFL/METU
DBE
GHO 5
January 2017
BEGINNER-B GROUP
ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
(Student’s Copy)
EXERCISE 1. Read the following blog and underline the adjectives.
Posted on 5 Jan
Life in New York is very exciting. Luis and I weren’t sure we would enjoy living in a large city,
but we do. In fact, we love it! We walk happily down the busy streets, and the noise doesn’t
bother us at all.
There’s always something to do. After school, we usually go to
famous Broadway musicals and concerts.We can also listen to some
young performers on the streets. Yesterday, for example, we saw a
musician playing the violin. He played the violin beautifully, and we
couldn’t believe he was on the street but not in a big concert hall!
We like our new apartment. It looks very nice. Also, the building is quiet, so we can hardly believe
we’re in New York. Our neighbor is very friendly. She seemed shy at first, but now we’re good
friends.
EXERCISE 2. Fill in the blanks to complete the notes. You may refer to the text to fill in the blanks.
We use ADJECTIVES when we are describing or giving more information about __________.
Adjectives usually come immediately ___________ the noun they describe. They can also come after
some certain verbs such as ___________, become, get, ___________, ___________, appear, feel,
sound, smell and taste.
Examples:
Our neighbors are friendly and cheerful.
She got/became happy when she heard the news.
You look/seem/appear tired. Did you work hard in the office?
Do you still feel tired?
This soup tastes awful!
EXERCISE 3. Read the following sentences. What do the bold written verbs describe?
A
B
The students were happy when they walked down The students walked happily down the busy
the busy streets.
streets.
He has a beautiful voice.
He sang the song beautifully.
Susan is a careful driver.
Susan drives carefully.
The bold written words in column A are adjectives, and the ones in column B are adverbs.
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ADVERBS
Adverbs describe or give more information about:
* They furnished the apartments beautifully.
a) verbs
* My daughter is playing silently.
* Her mother was seriously ill.
b) adjectives
* It is terribly cold these days.
* She did her homework surprisingly quickly.
c) other adverbs
* Richard talks very angrily.
d) the whole sentence
Among some commonly used sentence
adverbs are (un)fortunately, probably,
obviously, normally, sadly, and (not)
surprisingly.
* He took the test for the second time.
Unfortunately, he failed again.
* He entered the room wearing bright red silk
pajamas. Not surprisingly, everyone stopped
and looked at him.
Adverbs show how, when, where, or how often something happens.
Adverbs of
a) manner indicate how
b) time indicate when
c) place indicate where
d) frequency indicate how often things
happen
* She described the apartment perfectly.
* We arrived yesterday.
* They have decided to stay here.
* She usually rents to students.
FORMING ADVERBS
RULES
EXAMPLES
Many adverbs end in -ly. They are formed by * We need a quick decision.
adding -ly to an adjective.
* You should decide quickly.
* The house looks nice.
e.g.: quick (adj) – quickly (adv)
nice (adj) – nicely (adv)
* They decorated the house nicely.
quiet (adj) – quietly (adv)
* Our neighbors are quiet.
* Our neighbors talk quietly.
* Susan is a good pianist.
However, not all adverbs end in –ly. For
example, the adverb form of GOOD is WELL.
* Susan plays the piano well.
Note that some adjectives also end in -ly, such as
costly, deadly, friendly, lively, lovely, lonely, silly
and ugly. They cannot be used as ADVERBS. We
should use a similar adverb or adverb phrase.
* Our neighbors are very friendly people.
* Our neighbors welcomed us in a friendly way.
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EXERCISE 4. Circle the correct answer.
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Mary is a (slow/slowly) swimmer.
Mrs. Thompson reads our paragraphs (quick/quickly).
Mr. Garcia speaks (loud/loudly).
Mr. Lopez is not a (careful/carefully) policeman.
Those girls talk (intelligent/intelligently).
Mr. Wilson always speaks (quiet/quietly).
Ann pronounces every word (clear/clearly).
We like to go boating in (clear/clearly) weather.
Ed makes a lot of mistakes when he writes. He is a (careless/carelessly) writer.
The teacher asks (easy/easily) questions. We usually answer her questions (easy/easily).
Jake can’t see (good/well) without his glasses.
David is kind, generous, and thoughtful. He is a (good/well) person.
The news made me feel (happy/happily).
She looked at me (happy/happily) when I gave her the news.
The soup tasted (awful/awfully), so I couldn’t eat it.
She ate her lunch (incredible/incredibly) quickly. I couldn’t believe my eyes.
Dolphins are (extreme/extremely) (intelligent/intelligently) mammals.
The child was (violent/violently) at first, but he gave up behaving (violent/violently) after some time.
A few adjectives and adverbs have the same form.
ADJECTIVE
late
I'm watching the late film.
early
She travels to work on an early train.
hard
This exercise is really hard.
fast
My brother loves fast cars.
ADVERB
late*
My train arrived late, as usual.
early
The train came early.
hard*
Jim is a workaholic. He works very hard.
fast
He drives fast.
Adding –ly to the adverbs hard and late changes the meaning of these words. The adverb hardly
means almost not. The adverb lately means recently.
* He hardly speaks in class. (=almost not)
* I haven’t seen him lately. (=recently)
EXERCISE 5. Read the following sentences, and choose the correct explanation for the underlined adverbs.
1. Jane could hardly speak when she heard that she was promoted.
(__)
a. after the usual time
2. If you want to be successful in life, you should work hard.
(__)
b. recently
3. I have had trouble sleeping lately, so I’ll start taking sleeping pills. (__)
c. with great effort
4. Children shouldn’t be out in the streets alone late at night.
d. almost not
(__)
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EXERCISE 6. Read the following sentences, and decide whether the underlined words are
adjectives or adverbs. Then, write ADJ (adjective) or ADV (adverb) next to statement.
1. ______
He came early and waited for the shop to open.
2. ______
The early train leaves just before 6 o’clock.
3. ______
She spends 4 hours studying English. She studies hard.
4. ______
It was a hard race but Chimokel won the race.
5. ______
Chimokel runs fast.
6. ______
Ussain Bolt is a fast runner.
7. ______
I don’t want to be late for class.
8. ______
My plane landed late, so I missed the meeting.
EXERCISE 7. Put in adjectives or adverbs from the box.
early
fast
friendly
hard
hardly
late
lonely
I don’t like getting up e.g. early so I usually stay in bed too long, and then I have to eat breakfast very
(1)___________ and run for my train. On the train, I read the daily paper because after I get to work, there
is no more time for reading. The boss is nice, but she wants us to work very (2) ___________, and I often
have to stay (3) ___________ to finish everything. There is a nice new secretary in the office. I
(4)___________ know her. The only thing I know about her is that she is a nice person. She always gives
me a (5) ___________ smile when I arrive. She hasn’t been here for a long time. I don’t know whether she
is (6) ___________ in this city.
EXERCISE 8. Circle the correct words to complete Maggie’s letter to her brother.
Dear Roger,
I wasn’t sure about living in a (1) large/largely city, but I (2) real/really love it. Maybe that’s because my
(3)new/newly neighborhood is so (4) beautiful/beautifully. Last Saturday I worked (5) hard/hardly and
came home (6) late/lately. Then I spent Sunday (7) happy/happily exploring the neighborhood. I couldn’t
believe the (8) gorgeous/gorgeously houses on these streets.
My apartment is (9) great/greatly and the other people are very (10) nice/nicely. My next-door neighbor,
Alice, seemed (11) shy/shyly at first, but I think we’re going to become (12) good/well friends very
(13)quick/quickly. She’s an art student, and she (14) usual/usually visits museums on Saturdays. We’re
going together next week. Life in the city is (15) exciting/excitingly, but I get (16) terrible/terribly
homesick. So I hope you visit me soon!
Love,
Maggie
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EXERCISE 9. Complete the letter from Emily to her friend with the correct form of the words in
parantheses.
Dear Lauren,
I’m (1) ____________________ (total) exhausted. James and I finished moving into our new apartment
today. It was a lot of (2) ____________________ (hard) work, but everything worked out
(3)____________________ (good).
The apartment looks very (4) ____________________ (nice). It’s (5) ____________________
(extreme/comfortable). The only problem is with the heat. It seems that I always feel
(6)____________________ (cold). We need to speak to the landlord about it. He seems
(7)___________________ (pretty/friendly).
People tell me that the neighborhood is very (8) ____________________ (safe). That’s
(9)____________________
(real/important)
because,
as
you
know,
I
get
home
pretty
(10)____________________ (late) from work. I hate it when the streets are (11) ____________________
(complete/empty) like they were in our old neighborhood. Shopping is very (12) ____________________
(good), too. We can get to all the stores very (13) ____________________ (easy). The bus stop is
(14)____________________ (near) the apartment, and all of the buses run (15)_______________
(frequent). Everything is (16) _______________ (nice) and (17) _______________ (convenient).
Why don’t you come for a visit? It would be (18) _______________ (wonderful) to see you. Please write.
Love,
Emily
P.S. I almost (19) _______________ (complete) forgot to tell you! James got a (20) _______________
(new) job as a computer programmer. We feel (21) _______________ (real/happy) about it.
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COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORMS OF ADVERBS
In NLL Unit 5, you studied the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. Adverbs also have
comparative and superlative forms.
RULE
 With adverbs ending in –ly, we use
more/less to form the comparative,
and most/least to form the
superlative.
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Superlative
the most/least quietly
the most/least slowly
the most/least seriously
Adverb
Comparative
Superlative
hard
fast
late
early
harder
faster
later
earlier
the hardest
the fastest
the latest
the earliest
Andrew works harder than his sister.
Everyone in the race ran fast, but Sally ran the fastest of all.
RULE
 Some adverbs have irregular
comparative and superlative forms.


Comparative
more/less quietly
more/less slowly
more/less seriously
My sister drives more slowly than I do.
Doctors took care of the most seriously injured patient first.
He skied less confidently after the accident on the slopes.
Parents discipline last-born children the least strictly.
RULE
 With short adverbs that do not end
in –ly, we add -er to form the
comparative and –est to form the
superlative. If it ends in –e, we add
–r / –st. If it ends in –y, we remove
it and add –ier / -iest.
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
Adverb
quietly
slowly
seriously
Adverb
badly
far
little
well
Comparative
worse
farther/further
less
better
Superlative
the worst
the farthest/furthest
the least
the best
My brother ran farther/further than his friends.
You are driving worse today than yesterday!
RULE
EXAMPLE
 When both verbs are the same, you do not need * First-born children work harder than last-born
to repeat the verb in the second part.
children.
 You can use an auxiliary verb.
* My twin sister works harder than I do.
* My brother worked harder than I did.
 You can also use an object pronoun after than.
* My twin sister works harder than me.
* John’s sister works harder than him.
 You do not need than + the second part of the * Our teacher loves my twin brother more
comparison when the meaning is clear.
because he works harder. (than me)
* Older children play more quietly. (than
younger children)
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EXERCISE 10. Complete the sentences using the comparative or superlative adverb forms of the
adjectives in parentheses. Add words where necessary.
1. I was feeling tired last night, so I went to bed _________________________ (early) usual.
2. You’ll find your way around the town _________________________ (easy) if you have a good map.
3. Planes can fly _________________________ (high) birds.
4. Dave and I went for a run. I ran 10 kilometers. Dave stopped after 8 kilometers. I ran
_________________________ (far) Dave.
5. Out of all the students, Brad studied _______________ (less), but, surprisingly, he got the highest grade.
6. You are talking very loudly. Can you speak _________________________ (quiet)?
7. Peter and Paul work ______________________ (hard) of all the boys, so they always get the highest
grades.
8. We walked _________________________ (slow) the rest of the people, and we arrived very late.
9. You should drive _________________________ (careful)! You’ll cause an accident!
10. Sirius shines _________________________ (bright) the other stars.
11. Chris and Joe both did badly on the test. Chris got 30, but Joe only got 25. Joe did
_________________________ (bad) Chris.
12. Angelina speaks Spanish _________________________ (correct) in the class.
(NOT) AS + ADVERB + AS
AS + ADVERB + AS is used to talk about actions * Arda Turan played as well as most players.
that are the same or equal.
(He and the other players played equally well.)
* Arda didn’t play as aggressively as Messi.
NOT AS + ADVERB + AS is used to talk about
(Arda played aggressively, but he played less
actions that are not the same or equal.
aggressively than Messi.)
EXERCISE 11. Rewrite the following sentences using the given clues. Try to keep to the original
meaning as much as possible.
1. Tom drove faster than his wife on the motorway. (as … as)
Tom’s wife _______________________________________________________ on the motorway.
2. I think no one plays football as beautifully as Ronaldo. (than)
I think Ronaldo ______________________________________________________ everybody else.
3. Our math teacher gives the instructions clearly. Our science teacher gives the instructions clearly, too. (as…as)
Our math teacher _________________________________________________________________.
4. George doesn’t drive as fast as you do. (than)
You ___________________________________________________________________________.
5. Children can learn foreign languages more easily than adults. (as … as)
Adults _________________________________________________________________________.
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HOMEWORK
(ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS)
I. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words given in parentheses. Add words where
necessary.
1.
I like to drive fast, but my brother William doesn’t. He drives _______________________ (slow) I do.
2.
Some workers are _________________________ (serious) about their jobs than others. They always come
to work on time.
3.
Physics is _______________________ (difficult) course I have ever taken. My grades were always low.
4.
I can’t understand Mark’s father very well when he talks, but I can understand Mark. He speaks
_________________________ (clear) his father.
5.
John is _________________________ (hard-working) student in his class. His grades are always high.
6.
Clara sings _________________________ (good). She sings _________________________
(beautiful) in her family.
7.
Konya
is
_________________________
(large)
Ankara
and
Izmir,
but
it
is
_________________________ (crowded) of the three.
8.
Yesterday, Tom told me _________________________ (funny) story I have ever heard. I laughed a lot.
9.
In the exam, students answered the questions in section four _________________________ (easy).
Most of their answers were correct.
10. Mercury is _________________________ (close) planet to the sun. It moves around the sun
_________________________ (fast) any other planet in the solar system.
11. The planet Earth is _________________________ (far) from the sun than the planet Mercury is.
II. Below is an extract from “The Parenthood” magazine. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of
the words given in parentheses. Add words where necessary.
People say that although twins look (1) ____________ (similar), they have different personalities. Is this
true? We talked to a father of twins to find out.
“My two sons, Tom and Harry, are (2) ____________ (complete) different. Tom is often very
(3)____________ (polite). However, Harry is a typical moody fifteen-year-old. He is always shouting or
answering back. Tom is also moody but he rarely shouts or answers back. He is (4) ____________
(aggressive) his brother. Therefore, living with Tom is (5) ____________ (easy) living with Harry. It is
very hard to live with an angry child.
Although Harry is a (6) ____________ (difficult) child, he also has his good sides. He is very clever and
he learns (7) ____________ (quick) Tom. Moreover, Harry is (8) ____________ (hardworking) Tom.
When I compare their exam results, Harry’s exam results are (9) ____________ (good). Their teacher says
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that Harry is (10) ____________ (skillful) student she has ever seen. However, she believes that if Tom
studies (11) ____________ (careful) he usually does, he will also get high grades.”
Mark and Lisa are talking about the conference that has just finished.
Mark : Thank God, the conference is over. I thought he would never stop talking. You know what
Lisa, that was (18) ____________ (boring) conference I've ever attended.
Lisa
: Come on Mark, it would be very unfair to say that the conference was a (19) ____________
(complete) failure. I have attended conferences that were (20) ____________ (bad) this one. I
was really interested in the subject and I think the presenter dealt with it very (21) ____________
(good). I think the problem was his Irish accent. I personally found it (22) ____________
(extreme) difficult to follow.
III. Rewrite the following sentences using the given clues. Try to keep to the original meaning as much
as possible.
1. My sister was more hard-working than my brother at school. (as…as)
__________________________________________________________________________________
2. My sister is taller than all the other students in her class. (tallest)
__________________________________________________________________________________
3. Villages are less stressful than cities. (relaxing)
__________________________________________________________________________________
4. There are few street lights in the village. (many)
__________________________________________________________________________________
5. Crisps are not as nutritious as nuts. (less)
__________________________________________________________________________________
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